[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 146 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1090-D1091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine reasons that broadband Internet access matters, 
10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the current state of vehicles powered by the electric grid 
and the prospects for wider deployment in the near future, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine recent 
analyses of the role of speculative investment in energy markets, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the children's health protection efforts of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine aligning 
incentives, focusing on the case for delivery system reform, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
hold hearings to examine restoring the rule of law, 10:15 a.m., SH-
216.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Considerations for an 
American Grand Strategy, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Defeating 
the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Other Asymmetric Threats: 
Today's Efforts and Tomorrow's Requirements, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Iraq's Budget Surplus, 9:30 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 3402, Calling Card Consumer 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn; and to mark up H.R. 3232, 
Travel Promotion Act of 2007; and H.R. 3402, Calling Card Consumer 
Protection Act, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``Status of the DTV Transition: 154 Days and Counting,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 6694, FHA Seller-Financed Downpayment Reform and Risk-Based 
Pricing Authorization Act of 2008; H.R. 6890, Payments System 
Protection Act of 2008; H.R. 3019, Expand and Preserve Home 
Ownership Through Counseling Act; H.R. 6642, National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank Act Amendments of 2008; and H.R. 6871, Expedited 
Funds Availability Dollar Limits Adjustment Act of 2008, 1 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled: 
``HUD's Proposed RESPA Rule.'' 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing on Defeating al Qaeda's Air Force: Pakistan's F-
16 Program in the Fight Against Terrorism, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on Foreign 
Assistance in the Americas, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Cybersecurity Recommendations for the Next Administration,'' 2 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and 
Response, hearing entitled ``Interoperability in the Next 
Administration: Assessing the Derailed 700 MHz D-block Public Safety 
Spectrum Auction,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on 
Compensation, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the impacts that U.S. 
consumer demand is having on the illegal and unsustainable trade of 
wildlife products and ongoing and proposed efforts to increase 
public awareness about these impacts, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Public Lands, oversight 
hearing on the Pineros: Reviewing the Welfare of Workers on Federal 
Lands, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on the 
Domestic Epidemic is Worse than We Thought: A Wake-Call for HIV 
Prevention, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, to markup H.R. 5600, District of Columbia Court, 
Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity 
Act of 2008; followed by a hearing on Legislative Branch Diversity 
Management Review, 2 p.m, 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on the 
Effects of Proposed Arrangement Between DHL and UPS on Competition, 
Customer Service, and Employment, 2 p.m., 267 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
on Oil Spill in New Orleans in July 2008 and Safety on the Inland 
River System, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
VA Suicide Hotline, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on Clearing the Disability Backlog, 10 am., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Tactical Intelligence, executive, meeting on Subcommittee report, 
1:15 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the state of democracy and human rights in Belarus and 
how the Belarusian authorities are complying with their Organization 
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election commitments 
in advance of the September 28 parliamentary elections, 2:30 p.m., 
B-318, Rayburn Building.